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June 3, 2016 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! storage brand, LOVESPACE, has secured its initial £500,000 from over 200 investors through its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company announced on Thursday that it decided to extended the initiative for another week. The company, which debuted its first initiative nearly two years ago and raised £1,562,960,… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

British Journal of Photography, a publication that has been dedicated to photography for over 160 years, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £150,000. Within hours of its debut, the initiative has successfully smashed its initial goal and secured over £220,000 from nearly 145… Read More

June 3, 2016 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube was the first investment crowdfunding platform to launch in the UK. Since 2011, the site has grown quite a bit having helped to finance hundreds of companies raising more than £165 million in the process. During this time, Crowdcube has tweaked and adjusted its… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Crowdcube announced the launch of Crowd10, a new initiative from the funding platform’s affiliate, IdeaSquares. The website stated that the program is seeking to support 10 of the region’s startups in raising up to £150,000 of Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) investment. Founder and CEO of IdeaSquares,… Read More

June 2, 2016 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Plumen, a UK-based energy-saving lightbulb manufacturer, launched a Crowdcube campaign on Wednesday to raise £500,000 as it prepares to launch new products. Founded in 2007 and launched in 2010, Plumen revealed it has created energy-saving lighting, using design and beauty to inspire adoption of sustainable lighting technology. The company… Read More

June 1, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Katie’s House, a club that is dedicated to families with pre-school children, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise a minimum of £320,000 as it prepares to open three locations in the city of London. The club, which was found by opera singer and provider in baby… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 4:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Family Traveller, a printing and digital media company that focuses on family-centric travel information and advice, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £500,000 as it prepares to expand in the UK and US. Since its launch in 2012, Family… Read More

May 31, 2016 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just two weeks after launching its Crowdcube campaign, UK-based men’s grooming brand, Hommage, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding goal. The company currently offers over 100 different men’s-only shave, face and body skin care products, along with a range of shaving accoutrements, and men’s grooming accessories. Its… Read More

May 28, 2016 @ 10:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after securing £500,000 through its Crowdcube campaign, UK fitness brand, énergie Fitness, announced on Saturday that it has decided to extend its highly successful initiative. énergie, which has three brands of fitness clubs in 93 locations across 5 countries, currently has over 110,000 club members and is looking… Read More

May 27, 2016 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! With less than two weeks until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, Photocrowd, a global photography community, has surpassed its initial £450,000 funding goal and is currently sitting at £544,250 thanks to 431 investors. The company’s platform, which is looking to become the Etsy for photography, connects, inspires,… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 10:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its coffee brand, UK-based Tap Coffee recently launched a Crowdcube with a mission to raise a total of £400,000. Starting in 2010 by Richard Lilley, the company was created to fix what he believed to be a “lack of cafe culture” in the UK. The company stated it… Read More

May 23, 2016 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only seven days left until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, UK fitness brand, énergie Fitness has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding goal. énergie, which has three brands of fitness clubs in 93 locations across 5 countries, currently has over 110,000 club members and is looking expand to… Read More

May 21, 2016 @ 5:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube has a new #FundedClub member! Last month, UK-based Idler Academy took to the equity crowdfunding platform to raise £125,000 as it prepared to expand its new online course programs. During the final week, the initiative surpassed the initial goal and finished the round with nearly £140,000 from… Read More

May 20, 2016 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Classlist, a UK-based virtual school-gate community, has recently launched a Crowdcube initiative with a mission to raise £550,000 for its website’s growth and development. According to the company, Classlist enables parent communities to work together on a wide range of family related activities. It also offers a private social network for… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hire Space, the dubbed “Airbnb for event spaces,” has recent launched a Crowdcube initiative to raise £500,000  as it continues to grow and develop its venue marketplace platform. Founded in 2013 by teacher Will Swannell and speechwriter Edward Poland, Hire Space assists brands, agencies, corporations and the public to… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 1:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based investment crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced it has topped 400 successfully funded projects as of today. The milestone event came as Tyne Bank Brewery hurdled its funding target of £150,000 by closing with £213,320 raised from over 350 investors. Tyne was one of… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, UK’s fitness club franchise, énergie, announced that it has received a £100,000 investment from founder and former CEO of Pacific Direct, Lara Morgan. énergie, which has three brands of fitness clubs in… Read More

May 18, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just seven days until its third Crowdcube initiative comes to an end,UK-based energy company Powervault has secured nearly £1 million from over 480 investors. Powervault’s product reportedly reduces electricity bills and helps customers during black-outs. According to the company, the government says that energy storage is a game-changing… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hommage, a men’s grooming brand, debuted its Crowdcube campaign on Tuesday to raise £500,000 as it looks to launch a monthly subscription service. Within just hours of its launch, the initiative has successfully secured nearly £475,000 from 29 investors (with the largest investment being £300,000).  The company currently offers over… Read More

May 17, 2016 @ 7:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  On Tuesday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube introduced its new funded company profiles. This new feature pull data from a variety of sources to enable investors to easily browse #FundedClub portfolios. Crowdcube’s product management director, Will Collins, stated the funding portal listened to the investors and businesses and… Read More